Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:26:11 +0100 From: Thomas Hurst <tom@hur.st> To: Chris Dionissopoulos <dionch@freemail.gr> Cc: Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ULE status, invalid load, buildkernel times. Message-ID: <20070723232611.GA28890@voi.aagh.net> In-Reply-To: <751338143.20070722232925@freemail.gr> References: <20070721174631.S561@10.0.0.1> <1807103749.20070722111025@freemail.gr> <20070722014208.G561@10.0.0.1> <684796249.20070722134105@freemail.gr> <20070722160935.GA18069@voi.aagh.net> <751338143.20070722232925@freemail.gr>
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* Chris Dionissopoulos (dionch@freemail.gr) wrote:
> Its an Intel c2d-6300 (see prev. messages) using cpufreq(4).
> Everything works fine (for 6 months or more) with 4BSD or
> ULE2/3(unpatched) scheduler.
>
> AFAIK, the problem Jeff trying to resolve is why a ULE3(+last patch)
> kernel, produces panics when a process touches cpufreq(4) context.
Yes, I don't mean to say the problem lies specifically in
acpi_throttle, just that I've seen "it used to work but doesn't any
more" as a result of it, and it may be worth trying.
The large number and range of frequencies suggests you have it loaded,
since as far as I know neither Cool'n'Quiet nor SpeedStep scale that low
on their own.
--
Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst
http://hur.st/
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